This work collects international contributors' perspectives on
established controversies in tourism, such as poor tourism planning,
exploitative employment practices, and sex tourism, as well as
controversial and emerging areas such as medical tourism, political
tourism, and the role of intergovernmental organizations in the
promotion of international tourism. Some specific topics examined
include issues of authenticity versus development in the hill tribes of
Thailand, ethical issues in trophy hunting, gaming in the US, and golf
tourism in Cyprus. Moufakkir is affiliated with the International Center
for Peace through Tourism Research at Stenden University in The
Netherlands. Burns is affiliated with the Center for Tourism Policy
Studies at the University of Brighton, UK. The book is distributed in
the US by Stylus Publishing. (A[c] Book News, Inc., Portland, OR)

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